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HueMaps uses colour and maps to make world data understandable — many layers of area data in one place, free to use, each with a defensible source and a published methodology.
Credits
HueMaps is built from open data. Every layer credits its source here.
Basemap
Protomaps © OpenStreetMap contributors
Population density
Schiavina, M.; Freire, S.; Carioli, A.; MacManus, K. (2023): GHS-POP R2023A — GHS population grid multitemporal (1975–2030). European Commission, JRC. DOI 10.2905/2FF68A52-5B5B-4A22-8F40-C41DA8332CFE
Population data under CC BY 4.0.
Terrain
produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30. Terrain tiles © Mapterhorn
Elevation data under the Copernicus DEM licence; terrain tiles built and served by Mapterhorn.
Sea depth
GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group 2026 (2026). The GEBCO_2026 Grid - a continuous terrain model for oceans and land at 15 arc-second intervals. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. doi:10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa
Public domain. Published by GEBCO under its terms of use. Not for navigation.
Rivers
River network: HydroSHEDS HydroRIVERS v1.0 and HydroBASINS v1.c, © World Wildlife Fund, Inc. Lehner, B., Grill, G. (2013): Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world’s large river systems. Hydrological Processes 27(15): 2171–2186. hydrosheds.org. Watercourses: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Free for commercial and non-commercial use under the HydroSHEDS v1 licence. Watercourses under the ODbL.
Stadiums, Historic sites, Places of worship, Education, Schools, Colleges, Universities, Museums, Golf courses, Prisons, Windmills, Watermills, Rescue services, Observatories, Ambulance stations, Wrecks, Zoos and theme parks, Art galleries and shops, Embassies and consulates, Libraries and books, Performing arts, Theatres, Cinemas, Emergency services, Police stations, Fire stations, Markets, Quarries and mines, Military sites, Jain sites, Sikh sites, Taoist sites, Jewish sites, Shinto sites, Hindu sites, Buddhist sites, Muslim sites, Christian sites, Other religions’ sites, Airports, Railway stations and Hospitals
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Feature data from OpenStreetMap under the ODbL.
Wikipedia
Feature summaries are fetched live from Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata
Language links to Wikipedia are resolved through Wikidata, under CC0.
Place search
Place names come from GeoNames, under CC BY 4.0. The data is provided as is, without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness.
How each layer is made
Every layer ships with a page naming its source, how it is derived, and where it is known to be weak.
- Population density
- Terrain
- Sea depth
- Rivers
- Stadiums
- Historic sites
- Places of worship
- Education
- Schools
- Colleges
- Universities
- Museums
- Golf courses
- Prisons
- Windmills
- Watermills
- Rescue services
- Observatories
- Ambulance stations
- Wrecks
- Zoos and theme parks
- Art galleries and shops
- Embassies and consulates
- Libraries and books
- Performing arts
- Theatres
- Cinemas
- Emergency services
- Police stations
- Fire stations
- Markets
- Quarries and mines
- Military sites
- Jain sites
- Sikh sites
- Taoist sites
- Jewish sites
- Shinto sites
- Hindu sites
- Buddhist sites
- Muslim sites
- Christian sites
- Other religions’ sites
- Airports
- Railway stations
- Hospitals
What's new
Every layer, against the date it was published.
Borders
The borders and place names are the basemap's, drawn from OpenStreetMap; HueMaps adds none of its own. Some are disputed, and any world map takes a position on them whether or not it means to. We follow OpenStreetMap's rather than adjudicate them, and state that here so the choice is not left implied.